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The Senator, representing Niger South Senatorial District, at the national
assembly Abuja , Senator Mustapha Sani Mohammed has given massive
empowerment programmes to the people of the senatorial district in an
attempt to reduce to the barest minimum the level of unemployment among the people, especially youths and women.
He made the disclosure in an interaction with the newsmen over the weekend in his senatorial office in Bida local government of the state,
highlighting further that in almost two years of his tenure at the national
assembly, Abuja, that he has paid fines to free 40prison Inmates in Bida,
Agaie and Lapai prisons.
“I have also been involved in facilitating the installation of digital
transmitter for power FM Bida, i have provided 880bags of fertilizer to
farmers at 9bags per ward across the zone, while i have also empowered no fewer 50 youths with generating sets for business, as well as disbursement of Trade capital to 400 widows across the Zone.
“I have also facilitated appointments for the people of my constituents
at the federal ministries and agencies namely Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps, the Nigerian Immigration Service, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Federal Inland Revenue Service among others , to mention but a few.
“Currently i have also obtained about 200 forms for youths in my
senatorial district to be employed at the recently confirmed Peace Corps
by the Nigeria Senate and the forms are being distributed two each to the people in 88wards in eight local governments constituting the senatorial district”, said Senator Mustapha.
The Senator further disclosed that he has seized the opportunity of his
being a member of the committee working on the establishment of the
embattled Peace Corps to outsmart his colleagues at the red chambers of
the national assembly Abuja in obtaining the employment forms for the
youths of his senatorial district in Niger state.
He said if thing goes as as planned , these people would be among the
first batch to benefit from this job adding that 200 people among many will go a long way in solving the lingering problems of unemployment In the north central region of the country .
The forms , according to him, were presented to the Coordinators each at
their respective local governments beginning from Mokwa local government, since Tuesday, 6th December 2016 , stressing that the people to which these forms were being given to were expected to fill it and promptly return the forms to the same coordinators whom they collected the forms from in each of the 8local governments.
He said the successful candidates would in no distance time go for their
trainings after which they would be officially confirmed by the Federal
Government, emphasizing that the forms were not to being given to the
party members, but rather graduates who are qualified for the job.
According to him the gesture is just a tip of the ice bag, adding that he
has also put in place programmes within the limit of his ability not only
to empower the youths but also to develop the senatorial district and help in sweeping away poverty once and for all.
He however pleaded with the aggrieved youths to be patient with him
noting that things were not the way it used to be in the past where
senators who were supposed to make laws and monitor the activities of the Executives were busy siphoning public funds in collaboration with the heads of ministries and agencies .
Accordingly, he said some corrupt and very selfish politicians got this
money then not considering the sources because of their callous habits,
but today it is totally different, while pledging his total support for
President Muhammadu Buhari in his policies that will have positive
effects on the lives of the people .
Senator Mustapha thereby enjoined Nigerians to support the President in his bid to reposition the country from the current economic recession to a very buoyant economy very soon , considering the harsh economic situation in the country and the sufferings of the Nigerian masses.
It would be recalled that President Buhari once said that the era of
wasteful spending is over and the senator said he will not want his
youthful age destroy his political carrier.
And for that reason, t senator said he is deeply worried about the
economic situation in the country and the hardship it in turn brings to
people but want the people not to relent and should help the government at all levels with prayers to enable them deliver on the promises made during the electioneering campaigns.
He also brought to the notice of the people in attendance and indeed every other well meaning individuals in the zone that he is currently being confronted by several challenges such as high expectations from the people who elected him, lack of adequate capital at his disposal to carry out his own personal projects as proposed earlier on before the beginning of this year..
Other challenge according to him is his court case which undoubtedly has made him unbalanced courtesy of his opponent(General Garba) in the same party(APC)in the last party primaries challenging his victory.
This is against the backdrops of an advice by his Royal Highness, the Etsu Nupe , Alhaji (Dr.) Yahaya Abubakar to let go the past as the retired
General .cum politician is old enough to be the Senator’s Father.
‘But despite the highly referred monarch’s wise counsels, yet the General has refused to let go of the case, but i have maintained that no amount of threat or distractions from any quarter will deter me from doing what I was voted to do’, he stated.
He therefore commends the people for their patients and promised that
In-Shaa-Allah the current hardship will soon be a thing of thr past while
he also ask for thier co-orporation.
